Bottle-cleaning apparatus



Nov; .4,

' R. voslKA El Al.

BOTTLE CLEANING APPARATUS Filed Aug. 9, 1928 1mm mu l Q 2 Sheets-Sheet l Amrngy Inventors Nov. 4, 1930.

R. VOSIKA r AL BOTTLE CLEANING APPARATUS Filed Aug. 9. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet. 2

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App1 ication; filedA-ugustfl, 192 8. 5 seria1uN-e, 2es;511.

y The pre sen tminventionrelates to improve-f In the drawings; wherein for the. purpose ments in bottle Washers and has for its prinofillusti ationis shown the preferredenibodi-. cip'al objectto iproyidea simple and efficient ment ofour invention, thenumemls 1' and means for brushingend-Washing milkbottles, 2, designate. a pair of spaced supports,: on

a rfi'uiti jars; a11d: the like; Y which is Inounted'theelongated'water pipe 55 OhQofth'e important objects. of the presen 3, the securing means for the Water pipe be inwntionfis t provideebottleiwlshing jap -v ing shown at e, The dianieter'of'the hor'iion paratus thatwill 'sa've considerable, time and tally disp s d Waterpipe 3 is relatively large,

r lebornendatthesemetiineefiicientlyclean the 'anclthe same has communication at its for- 10, bottles-J e ardend Withewatersupplyihose 5,throughco Airl further objectv is; to provide a bottle themedium of'thejfitt'ingfiy -The Water'supcleaningepperatuswhich includt-zsa l 'orizoiigply p'ipeor hose 5 may be connectedto a;- tellydispps ed.Waterpipe'froni which-extends faucet or apump (notshown) in any approv upwardly -series{oidischa rgecttubegr over priateyinenner. r' I which bottles to betclealned,arelpositionediin AnelboW'? "s associete'dwith the otherend 65 5 an.inyerteduneimer, means.being provided. oii'thehorizontally disposed Water pipe 8 for supporting the invertedbottles.inlproperi end-threaded in'the upper end of the elb w" positionbVer tlielwaterv discharge whe ze, Isa plug 8, which plug may be reniovedyto fiditional means being providedwhereby the facilitate theattachinent of the Water dis- I 20. interior oftthebottles'maybe brushed, siinul charge pipeLQ; shownjinFigureflthrough: 7

teneously with the,washingvthereot' theel'bow for communication with the ater. Still,nyfurtheriobject is't'o-provide.a-bottle pipe 8;for' use when the apparatus is. at cleeiiingpzipparetu ,of,theatbove;mentioned teched toepump, sothatwhen the pressure character. which includesa, meensefor supbecomes too greet, the-iwater vinay be passed. porting the bottleinany, vertically adjust-ed; out'th-rou'gif the'pipe 9. l

positionmvithrespecttofthe.watericlischiarge Extending up vardlyvfrom hie Water, pipe tube, so, that. the "brushesjassoeieted with et speeediintervmls arethegwater discharge. cel falntof, they: Water ,discharge.tubes-may tubes 10,11" and v 12 respectively, In the rea Ch-tlieqbottem ofjtlfe inyerted bottle, to. present-instance; three ofsuch' tubesxare i1;

l i lustreted;elthoughiitis tobeimderstood that" d Still a furtherzobjectfisitoprovide ebott-le Wedo notiwish toliinit ourselyes to'the-par clening apparatus of the above mentioned ticulerjnumber of waterdis'chargeztubes thatcharacteriwhichis simplein con-structionfln may be used. A pet coclf 13 fth C m ,expensiye, strong-andQdureble, andiurther tlojnal" construction is associated; with" the 11; adfl fiedjxjith pmpose for which it iside lower'end" of feach'waterdischarge tube for ts sig ed; controlling the supply of Water from the i Othergobj ects,Qflthe,inventioniwillxbecome. pipe?to'thetubes epperent asithje.dscription ofi theinveirtion The; invention further coinprehehds' the proqikeediiahdwhenitakeniniconnection. with provisionof a; peirofstendardsl and 1 5 ateXtendupWar-dlyfroni'the In ltheuac'compzmying; (life-Wings, forminge transverse supports 1 and 2 respectively, on pert,0,f-.= tlii 5- %P1 l icati'on,,and,iiirwhich like one sideof"the =horizontally disposed water reference characters,mdsignate. like. parts: pipe 3,-and"a longitudinallyextending bar throughout the several views 16"- is; connected at its respective ends to the 45. Eigrireslaisratrsidellelevationof the bottle, upperzendsoiii-the -standards.v 05

.olenirig epperatusembodying ourinvention; Apptopriatebraces 17 andlS' are provide Eigure li'isj an elyationalivlew Gian/P1196 for the frame like structure, wherebytowrenadaptedfor,use,,witlirthe\apperatusshownin. der zthesemerigidi I Fi'gg e 'L], Asplit circulanband-19-is-di-sp0sed-around Figure12;isz ,top,plenviewethereof. each; o-fitheewater dischargetubes at the upwe Cir These bands are of such size as to accommo-- date bottles or jars of different diameters. An additional means for supporting the inverted bottles in position over the discharge tubes lO'is also provided, and the construction thereof will be presently described.

As shown very, clearly in the drawings, a brush unit is associated with each of the water discharge tubes 11 and 12, and each of these brush units includes a vertically disposed stem 23, that extends along the side of each of the water discharge tubes 11 and 12, thelower end of each stem being secured to the water pipe, while the intermediate portion of each stem is secured to the respective water discharge tube, and the upper end of the stem extends beyond the upper end of each of the aforementioned water discharge tubes. lhe bristles 24 may be secured to the upper, portion of each stem in any appropriate manner.

A pair of uprights 25 and 26 respectively have their lower ends secured to the top portion of the water pipe 3, adjacent the respective standards 14 and 15 and the upper ends of these uprights 25 arefurthermore made rigid by connection to the adjacent standards through the medium ofthe offset cross pieces 27. a

A pair of longitudinally extending strips 28 and 29 are disposed on opposite sides of the uprights 25 and 26 and also on opposite sides of the vertically extending water discharge tubes, the ends of these strips projecting beyond the outer side. edges of the up rights and bolts .and thumb nuts denoted generally by the reference character 30 are associated with the ends of these longitudinally extending spaced strips, whereby said strips may be secured in any vertically adjusted position upon the uprights so that-the necks of the. inverted bottles may rest on the upper edges of the strips. The provision of the vertically adjustable strips 28 that constitute bottle supporting means will permit the bottoms of the inverted bottles to be properly adjusted with respect to the brushes, so that the bristles can engage the bottoms of the bottles, as well as the inneror side walls thereof.

In use, the bottles to be cleanedare initially placed over water discharge tubes 11 and 12, and the petcocks 13 associated with these particular tubes are opened, while the pet cock associated with the pipe or tube 10 is closed.

When the water is turned on the same will pass upwardly through the tubes 11 and 12, into the inverted bottles, and by manually turning the bottles, the brushes will thoroughly clean the interior thereof, after which the bottles are removed from the particular water discharge tubes and are then each placed over the water discharge tube 10, and when the pet cock for this particular tube is opened, fresh water will be forced upwardly into the bottle, for thoroughly rinsing he same, and when this operation has been completed, the bottles may be removed to be dried.

Also the outside of the bottles may be washed by holding the'same directly over the upper ends of the water discharge tubes and the water ejected from said tubes will be forced against the outer surface of the bottles for cleaning the exterior thereof.

It will thus be seen from the foregoing description that we have provided a bottle cleaning apparatus that will save considerable time and labor and furthermore will at all times be positive and efficient in carrying out the purpose for which it is designed.

A bottle cleaning apparatus of the above i mentioned character is particularly adapted for home use in cleaning milk bottles and fruit jars, although the apparatus can be used for other purposes.

The parts of our improved apparatus are so arranged as to permit the same to be properly adjusted and furthermore can be readily and easily cleaned whenever necessary.

While we have shown the preferred embodiment of our invention, it is to be un derstood that various changes in the size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

lVhat we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I s

1. In a bottle cleaning apparatus of the character described, a pair of spaced supports, ahorizontal water pipe extending across the spaced supports, a series of water discharge tubes extending upwardly from the pipe andhaving communication there with, a valve associated'with each of'the tubes at the lower end thereof, a plurality of brush units, each arranged in close proximity to a water discharge tube for position Within the interior of a bottle when the bottle is dissaid horizontal bar,there being one split ring I for each of said discharge tubes, said rings being arranged circumjacent their respective discharge tubes, means for securing the split rings in clamped relation about the bottles, a

pair of elongated horizontally disposed strips arranged on opposite sides of said tubes, means for supporting saidstrips in a versaid pipe, said pipe being provided with a plurality of valve controlled discharge tubes projecting upwardly therefrom, a frame structure, means for mounting said frame structure to one side of said pipe, said frame structure being providedwith a plurality of i ranged circum acent said dlscharge tubes, for engagement wlth the bottles disposed in split rings, means for mountingsaid rings on the frame structure, said rings being aran inverted position oversaid tubes, means for securing the ends of said split rings whereby said rings may be clamped about the bottles for holding the bottles in a pre' f determined inverted position over said tubes,

and a'plurality of brush members each ar- I ranged in parallelism to and adjacent a tube I and extending beyond the discharge endthereof, for disposition within the bottle inserted over said tube, and adjustable'means upon which the necks of the bottles ,rest

' for supporting the bottles in proper position i I over the said tubes and brush members.

In testimony whereof We afiix our signatures. I I

- LUDVIK VOSIKA.

ROBERT VOSIKA. 

